| Aberdare
Class Minesweepers. Photos and history of the minesweepers of the
Aberdare Class, World War One. HMS Aberdare, HMS Albury, HMS
Alresford, HMS Badminton, HMS Caterham, and all other ships of the
Aberdare Class. |
| Aberdare |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Abingdon |
1917 |
She was beached at Malta after taking heavy bomb damage
from Italian aircraft on 5th April 1942. Scrapped in 1950. |
|
Albury
|
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Alresford |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Appledore |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Badminton |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Bagshot |
1917 |
Became depot ship named Medway II from April 1945-
February 1946 until she was sold in 1949. She was mined while in tow on
1st September 1951. |
| Barnstaple |
1917 |
Sold in 1921. |
| Banchory |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Blackburn |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Bootle |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Bradford |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Burslem |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Bury |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Caerleon |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Camberley |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Carstairs |
1917 |
Renamed Dryad in 1924 before being sold in April 1935. |
| Caterham |
1917 |
Sold in April 1935. |
| Cheam |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Clonmel |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Craigie |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Cupar |
1917 |
Mined and sunk on 5th May 1919. |
| Derby |
1917 |
Sold in 1946. |
| Dorking |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Dundalk |
1917 |
Mined 16th and sunk on 17th October 1940. |
| Dunoon |
1917 |
Mined and sunk on 30th April 1940. |
| Elgin |
1917 |
Sold in 1945. |
| Fairfield |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Fareham |
1917 |
Became depot ship St Angelo II from 1944-45 before
being sold in 1948. |
| Faversham |
1917 |
Sold in 1927. |
| Fermoy |
1917 |
Bombed and sunk on 4th May 1941 while at Malta. Raised
and scrapped. |
| Forfar |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Fitzroy |
1917 |
Completed as a survey vessel she was converted to
minesweeper in 1939 but was mined and sunk on 27th May 1942. |
| Ford |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Forres |
1917 |
Sold in 1935. |
| Gaddesdon |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Gainsborough |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Gretna |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Harrow |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Havant |
1917 |
Sold to Thailand and renamed Chow Phraya in August
1922. |
| Huntley |
1917 |
Sank after coming under fire from aircraft on 31st
January 1941 |
| Instow |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Irvine |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Kendal |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Kinross |
1917 |
Mined and sunk on 16th June 1919. |
| Leamington |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Longford |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Lydd |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Marlow |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Mistley |
1917 |
Unknown |
| Monaghan |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Mallaig |
1917 |
Sold in 1927. |
| Malvern |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Marazion |
1917 |
Sold in 1933. |
| Munlochy |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Nailsea |
1917 |
Sold in 1927. |
| Newark |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Northolt |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Pangbourne |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Penarth |
1917 |
Mined and sunk on 4th February 1919. |
| Petersfield |
1917 |
Wrecked on Tung Yung Island on 11th November 1931. |
| Pontypool |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Prestatyn |
1917 |
Sold in 1923. |
| Repton |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Ross |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Rugby |
1917 |
Sold in 1927. |
| Salford |
1917 |
Sold in 1920. |
| Saltash |
1917 |
Unknown |
| Saltburn |
1917 |
Sold in 1946. |
| Selkirk |
1917 |
Unknown |
| Sherborne |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Shrewsbury |
1917 |
Sold in 1927. |
| Sligo |
1917 |
Sold in 1922. |
| Stafford |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Stoke |
1917 |
Sunk by aircraft on 7th May 1941. |
| Sutton |
1917 |
Sold in 1947. |
| Swindon |
1917 |
Sold in 1921. |
| Tiverton |
1917 |
Sold in 1938. |
| Tonbridge |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Tralee |
1917 |
Sold in 1929. |
| Tring |
1917 |
Sold in 1927 |
| Truro |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Wem |
1917 |
Sold in 1921. |
| Wexford |
1917 |
Sold in 1921. |
| Weybourne |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| Widnes |
1917 |
Took heavy damage from aircraft on 20th May 1941 and
beached at Suda Bay in Crete. She was repaired and refloated by the
German Navy - renamed UJ2109 but sunk on 17th October 1943. |
| Yeovil |
1917 |
Sold in 1928. |
| HMS
Abingdon |
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Albury |
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HMS Albury, 1919.
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HMS Albury, July 1935.
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Alresford |
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HMS Alresford, 1919.
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HMS Alresford, 1934.
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HMS Alresford, 1934.
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| HMS
Badminton |
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HMS Badminton an Aberdare class minesweeper
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| HMS
Burslem |
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HMS Burslem, 1925.
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| HMS
Carstairs |
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HMS Carstairs, 1932.
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| HMS
Caterham |
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HMS Caterham, 1932.
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| HMS
Clonmel |
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HMS Clonmel, 1918.
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| HMS
Dunoon |
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HMS Dunoon
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HMS Dunoon, 1934.
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HMS Dunoon, May 1938.
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| HMS
Fareham |
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HMS Fareham, dismantled, February 1948.
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| HMS
Fermoy |
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HMS Fermoy, September 1938.
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| HMS
Forres |
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| HMS
Huntley |
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| HMS
Irvine |
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| HMS
Lydd |
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| HMS
Marlow |
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| HMS
Marazion |
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HMS Marazion at the scene of the sinking of
submarine HMS Poseidon, 1931. |
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| HMS
Newark |
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Northolt |
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| HMS
Pangbourne |
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| HMS
Petersfield |
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HMS Petersfield, wrecked on Tung Yung Island,
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| HMS
Ross |
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| HMS
Saltash |
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Saltburn |
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Selkirk |
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Sligo |
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| HMS
Sutton |
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| HMS
Tiverton |
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HMS Tiverton, July 1935.
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Aberdare Class Minesweepers HMS Sutton (near), HMS Albury and HMS
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